Abbreviations
a. frequently cited works (for full details see under "References")DN86 DNAFLA, Lexique tamasheq.
DTF Foucauld, Dictionnaire touareg-frangais.
EPPB Kossmann, Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbere.
LTF2 Prasse et al., Lexique touareg-frangais, 2nd ed.
MGT Prasse, Manuel de grammaire touaregue (tähäggart)
TNEBF Sudlow, The Tamasheq of north-east Burkina Faso.
b. dialects (localities and tribal groups)A Ansongo area
A-grm Ansongo area in Gourma (south of Niger R.)
Gao [not abbreviated]
Gnd Goundam area
Gos Gosi area
Grm Gourma (zone south of Niger R.)
Hm Hombori (in Gourma)
Im Immenas
Κ Kidal (city in northern Mali)
K-d Kidal area, Kal Idnan tribe
K-f Kidal area, Ifoghas tribe
R Rharous (=Gourma Rharous) area
Τ Timbuktu area
T-ka Timbuktu area, Kal Ansar
T-md Timbuktu area, Imeddedeghan
Ts Tessalit area (west of Kidal)
W Iwellemeden dialect of Tamajak, in Mali (e.g. Menaka) and
Rep. of Niger
Y Tayert dialect of Tamajak, in Rep. of Niger
c. other languages
Ar Arabic
Bam Bambara
Fr French
HassAr Hassaniya Arabic (Timbuktu area, also Mauritania)
KCh Koyra Chiini (Songhay of Timbuktu and Goundam)
KS Koyraboro Senni (Songhay of Bamba, Gao, and Ansongo)